At a time when the outrage over the video showing Andaman’s Jarawa tribals being made to dance in front of tourists is yet to die down, the Orissa SC/ST department is parading people from aborigine tribes for visitors at a state-organised tribal fair that kicked off here on January 26. About 250 tribals, many of them from aborigine communities from across the state, have been brought as “live models” to the...
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Dalit's hands, legs severed in MP village
-PTI In a shocking incident, three persons allegedly chopped off both hands and legs of a 27-year-olddalit youth at Pagari Bangla village under Malawar police station limits in MP's Rajgarh district, apparently over a petty issue, police said on Sunday. The victim, identified as Jagdish, has been referred to Bhopal for treatment and was in a serious condition, they said. The incident took place on Saturday when the accused, identified as...
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-PTI A Dalit man’s hands and legs were chopped off by three persons in Rajgarh district because he had complained to police that they were tapping Electricity from a power meter in his field. The victim, identified as Jagdish, was taken to Bhopal for treatment yesterday and was in a serious condition, the police said. Yesterday morning, at Pagari Bangla village in Rajgarh, Arjun Thakur, Shiva Gurjar and Madan attacked Jagdish with an...
More »AFSPSA main issue as Manipur goes to polls on Saturday
-IBN Manipur will on Saturday elect a new 60-member assembly to mark the start of make-or-break elections in five states. The staggered exercise, which ends with the vote in Goa and Uttar Pradesh on March 3, will be this year's first major test for political parties. Along with Uttarakhand and Punjab, a grand total of 137 million voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the five states. Earlier, campaigning for...
More »How Indian women can head the household by TVR Shenoy
We have elections coming up in five states, notably giant -- thus politically crucial -- Uttar Pradesh. We have an Indian cricket team seemingly determined to eat crow. We have yet another brouhaha over Salman Rushdie. But my Electricity bill is in front of me, so I want to talk about food -- and those who prepare food. What, you may well wonder, is the connection between the two? The bill is made...
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